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朏
Mandarin · pinyin fěi
Meanings
- (literary) (of the crescent moon) to begin to shine
Characters in this entry
- 朏
- fěi · light of crescent moon
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Mandarin tones
3 · fei3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fei2
Cantonese word readings for 朏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) light of crescent moon
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) third day of a lunar month
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of the moon, a star) to rise
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to approach daybreak
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